IHE WARBLERS 



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distributed and by no means of shy dis- 

 position, returning j-ear after year to 

 nest in the same hole in wall or tree. 



contrasts so strongly with the black face 

 and throat, bluish grey head and back, 

 and chestnut breast and rump, that fore- 



REED WAKBLEKS MS 



At Beccles Grammar School, in the early 

 seventies, a pair bred for two successive 

 seasons xmder the inside eaves of a long 

 lean-to lobby through which fifty to 

 sixty boys passed several times a day. 

 Not only is the red tail sure to attract 

 attention, but the white forehead of the 

 male Redstart, prefaced by a black line, 



head and tail at once distinguish it from 

 all other British birds. 



The names of Sedge and Reed Warbler 

 help us somewhat to sej^arate between 

 the two Waterside Warblers, for although 

 the former may be found in the vicinity 

 of ditches, j^onds or streams of small 

 pretensions, the latter demands a reed- 



